DSU firing angers community

Director's performance garnered praise from many

1:57 AM,
Jun. 22, 2012

The dismissal of Roseann Buck as the executive director of Delta State University's Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland is raising questions. Buck wonders if her battle with cancer is the reason, but school officials have declined to comment. Her predecessor also was fired without warning in 2009.

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Jessica Bakeman

State officials aren't required to explain why they choose not to renew an employee's contract, but Roseann Buck said she can't think of why Delta State University wouldn't want her back - except for the fact she has breast cancer.

Community members angered about her dismissal as executive director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center at the Cleveland school are speaking out on her behalf.

"This is one of the most unfair and cruel treatments of an employee I've ever heard of," said Carol Tatum, a BPAC donor. "Despite fighting cancer and going through surgery, chemo and radiation treatments, ...